Slam Dunk’s 20th anniversary delivered pretty much everything you could want from the festival (besides maybe a reappearance from Fall Out Boy!), as blistering heat, relentless nostalgia, chaotic pits, emotional singalongs, and enough pyro to probably concern local authorities combined into one hell of a day.
Read MoreNeighbourhood Weekender returned to Warrington once again over Bank Holiday weekend, with thousands of music fans descending on the town for two days that turned Victoria Park into a three-stage celebration of indie, pop and everything in between.
Read MoreIt's May, it's a bank holiday weekend, it's time for the scene's biggest day of the year. For the twentieth year, the greatest gathering of punks, emos, metalheads and thrashers have returned to Yorkshire for the greatest and most sentimental event of the calendar.
Read MoreDesertfest provides a heaven for any stoner rock fans with some of the best curated music in the entire scene; featuring mammoth headline sets from newly tipped metal icons Green Lung and old guard Clutch; you’ll rarely see the Roundhouse bouncier.
Read MoreTwenty years ago, the very first edition of The Great Escape festival was held in Brighton, kickstarting two decades of unrivalled musical discovery. We returned to catch the next wave of artists in ascension.
Read MoreLove Rarely bring an intense emo math rock set to Highbury/Islington’s Grace that shows they’re ready for bigger things; with excellent support from the likes of Sunday Best – we’ve just witnessed the first London headline of the next great hardcore band
Read MoreDundalk shoegazers Just Mustard are as mesmerising as ever, playing a sold-out show at London’s Electric Brixton on Wednesday night.
Read More2026’s Brick Lane Jazz Festival, we found joyously rich cultural expression living and breathing in a defiant act of community, a conversation that’s still being written.
Read MoreIf there’s a band that you cannot miss live at the moment; removed and devoid from the algorithm, Prostitute is that show.
Read MoreRonker, Test Plan and The Sad Season combine for a brilliant post-hardcore evening at the Lexington with one statement: you want loud music: you’ve come to the right place.
Read MoreANOHNI brings her Wilderness tour to the Barbican to deliver the most spellbinding, purely magical set you’ll see in a lifetime.
Read MoreBlending 90s nostalgia with a 'fuck work' attitude, The Prodigy’s latest crusade is a laser-drenched masterclass in how to honor a legend without ever slowing the tempo.
Read MoreIrish band Basht bring a sweltering, electric energy to a packed-out MOTH Club in London on Friday evening.
Read MoreSydney hardcore monolith SPEED tear holes through the fabric of the Bristol hardcore scene as they amaze with their killer riffs and beautiful humility.
Read MoreThe legend of the art rock scene herself Kim Gordon delivers a rage against artificial intelligence and a celebration of self-identity at 02 Shepherd’s Bush, with excellent support from rising Brighton outfit Lonnie Gunn.
Read MoreOne day like this a year would see me right: Elbow began 2026’s program of Teenage Cancer Trust shows at the Royal Albert Hall with a glorious debut gig at the historical concert hall.
Read MoreI Wanna Be a Cowboy, Baby! CMAT takes over a sold-out Ally Pally with a riotous, shenanigan-ridden performance for her biggest headline show to date.
Read MoreMOULD leave The Lexington wanting more.
Read MoreTen years on since his first ‘official’ album, Cavetown’s is quietly triumphant in Glasgow as he reigns in a new era of artistry.
Read MoreAgainst the Current at the Garage tear up their setlist and add some old favourites back in for a rejuvenating 15-year anniversary as a band that are about to enter a new chapter.
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